{"id":379622,"date":"2026-04-07T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/379622\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T13:52:09","slug":"one-gunman-killed-two-others-neutralised-in-shooting-at-israeli-consulate-in-istanbul-governor-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/379622\/","title":{"rendered":"One gunman killed, two others &#8216;neutralised&#8217; in shooting at Israeli consulate in Istanbul, governor says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/core\/website\/assets\/static\/news\/incident-types\/light-mode\/analysis.77b314ef10.svg\" alt=\"Analysis\" height=\"2.5rem\" width=\"9.8125rem\" draggable=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-h608ny-ContributorImageComponent e2hr5uu0\"\/>High security amid Turkey&#8217;s troubled relations with Israelpublished at 11:42 BST<\/p>\n<p>11:42 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1l98ssq-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/3c288a4f-e46d-4b93-861d-e91e96a16a5c.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Paul Kirby<br \/>Europe digital editor<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Israel has reduced its diplomatic services to a minimum in Turkey, and during the Jewish festival of Passover it was never going to be highly staffed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, security is always high at Israel&#8217;s missions in Ankara and Istanbul, so whoever was behind this attack it was unlikely to succeed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Turkey&#8217;s diplomatic relations with Israel have deteriorated dramatically since the war in Gaza, and the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been outspoken in its criticism of Israel. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Officials say there is no real relationship at all at the moment, although the two were close partners in the past and they continue to maintain security and intelligence links.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Turkey has tried to avoid getting caught up in the US-Israeli war with Iran, but its territory has come under fire from Iranian drones. Nato air defences have shot down several drones and Ankara has condemned the incidents as unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Turkish police special forces outside the consulate a short time ago\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/28d10a5e-cd8b-4836-98dc-81de108c3c57.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, ReutersImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Turkish police special forces outside the consulate a short time ago<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"High security amid Turkey&#8217;s troubled relations with Israelpublished at 11:42 BST 11:42 BST Paul KirbyEurope digital editor Israel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-379622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}